Monday Practica
Ongoing - Every Monday in Santa Barbara
Unsupervised tango practica organized by your friendly neighborhood Tango Dancers.
Practica to Live Music by La Barbara ElectroTango Band
The close a weekend of learning, thinking, dancing, and embracing each other with a milonga.
Live music by our own SoCal Los Angeles del Tango.
A SoCal Tango Celebration.
Destination:Tango - with Gustavo Russo & Florencia Lucano
A weekend of Tango in the Amerinca Riviera.
A full tango weekend where we explore some of the many facets of this profound and beautiful art form. Workshops, private sessions, and even a movie/video watching party! Join the friendly Santa Barbara Tango community for a memorable time.
Destination:Tango - FREE Community Class with Gustavo Russo & Florencia Lucano
A weekend of Tango in the Amerinca Riviera.
A full tango weekend where we explore some of the many facets of this profound and beautiful art form. Workshops, private sessions, and even a movie/video watching party! Join the friendly Santa Barbara Tango community for a memorable time.
Movie Night: Our Last Tango - Discussion with Gustavo Russo & Florencia Lucano
Dinner & Movie followed by discussion with Gustavo Russo. Gustavo started his career with the maestros featured in this film!
Nomad Tango goes to the Artwalk
DANCE 6:00 -8:00 pm at the ArtWalk on our beautiful Dance Floor.
Live Music by Ruben Tedesco
Nomad Tango goes to San Francisco
Reserve your spot: Fieldtrip to the Bay Area to hang out with our friends up north
Monday Practica
Ongoing - Every Monday in Santa Barbara
Unsupervised tango practica organized by your friendly neighborhood Tango Dancers.
Monday Practica - April Birthday Celebration
Ongoing - Every Monday in Santa Barbara
Unsupervised tango practica organized by your friendly neighborhood Tango Dancers.
Fermin - Movie Night & Pizza Dinner
Get together with friends for the classic Movie & Pizza.
The movie tonight is Fermin, Glorias del Tango, the most requested tango movie by our group.
Summary: A patient expresses himself using the lyrics and titles of tango songs as a result of a post-traumatic stress disorder discovered by a psychiatrist.
Directed by Hernán Findling & Oliver Kolker
With Héctor Alterio, Esteban Bortnik, and Carlos Copello
Bring your drinks to share. Nomad Tango will contribute pizza and the movie. The lovely people of Miss Daisy will contribute the space and projection equipment. Thank you everybody for your generosity!
Monday Practica
Ongoing - Every Monday in Santa Barbara
Unsupervised tango practica organized by your friendly neighborhood Tango Dancers.
Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet & Los Tangueros del Oeste
The Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet makes a stop for Empanadas, Sun, Fun, and Tango! Traditional Tango plus much more. Dancing on Nomad Tango’s beautiful dance floor. Stars by the one and only Lady Santa Barbara.
Monday Practica
Ongoing - Every Monday in Santa Barbara
Unsupervised tango practica organized by your friendly neighborhood Tango Dancers.
Monday Practica - SPECIAL ECLIPSE EDITION
Ongoing - Every Monday in Santa Barbara
Unsupervised tango practica organized by your friendly neighborhood Tango Dancers.
The Afro Roots of Tango - Class with Pablo Aslan
New Class with Pablo Aslan: Afro Roots of Tango The history of tango is not as simple as you think. Tango is made by the alchemy of mixing cultures, each one rare and beautiful. Its African roots are deep. Let's uncover them together.
Nomad goes to the Electro Tango Festival in Buenos Aires
Electro Tango Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
February 2024
Three Conversations with Pablo Aslan
3. Tango Contempo
Electrotango, Tango Jazz, Jazz Tango. Who is who in today’s tango landscape?
Learn from Pablo Aslan, a veritable Indiana Jones of Tango, what is really known about the origins and evolution of tango into the Guardia Vieja and beyond.
Pablo is teaching this material in Colombia University, and now to you.
Three Zoom meetings with the renowned interpreter, composer, and tangologo.
Recordings will be available to the participants that registered for the course.
Pablo Aslan
Three Conversations with Pablo Aslan
From its Origins to Electrotango…everywhere and always Tango!
Three Zoom meetings with the renowned interpreter, composer, and tangologo.
1. Origins. Guardia Vieja and Guardia Nueva (1880 - 1930)
So much has been said about the origins of tango, much of it simply not true. What do we know and how do people research these questions?
Jan 20 | 2:00 pm (PT) / 5:00 pm (ET)
2. Evolution: Golden Era from beginning to end (1935 - 1955)
The Golden Era is probably most people’s favorite…what made it so?
Jan 27 | 2:00 pm (PT) / 5:00 pm (ET)
3. Tango Contempo (Tango Now)
Electrotango, Tango Jazz, Jazz Tango. Who is who in today’s tango landscape?
Feb 3 | 2:00 pm (PT) / 5:00 pm (ET)
Learn from Pablo Aslan, a veritable Indiana Jones of Tango. When he is not teaching, performing, or composing, Pablo is scouring the world for Tango Collections to find the truth of its sound, its people, and stories. Find out what is known about the origins and evolution of tango from its beginnings through the Guardia Vieja, Guardia Nueva, Golden Era, Contempo, and beyond.
Pablo is teaching this material at Columbia University, and now to you.
Recordings will be available to the participants who registered for the course.
Pablo Aslan
A Taste of Tango
12 pm lesson ($10 or free with purchased wine tasting) at Kaylra Winery in Santa Ynez
1 pm dancing
https://www.kalyrawinery.com/tasting-room/
343 N. Refugio Road Santa Ynez
Open dancing/music/wine tasting afterward. No partner or experience is needed.
Field Trip to the Library
Save the date: We are going to the Library to visit the Pecourt Collection!
Last Monday Practica of the Year!
Ongoing - Every Monday in Santa Barbara
Unsupervised tango practica organized by your friendly neighborhood Tango Dancers.
Lead and Follow - Chris & Fernanda - Two Locations in Santa Barbara
Monday Practica is excited to host Fernanda Ghi for a special workshop on Follower’s Technique.
Girls: come to the Rec Center to polish your pretty feet
Boys: go to Magnetica to work with Chris on Boy’s technique
Everybody: Come to the Pressroom afterwards for drinks!
Milonga at Magnetica
The close a weekend of learning, thinking, dancing, and embracing each other with a milonga.
Live music by our own SoCal Los Angeles del Tango.
A SoCal Tango Celebration.
Destination: Tango - Two Workshops with Fernanda Ghi
TWO OPEN WORKSHOPS and MILONGA with LIVE MUSIC
Each workshop is 1.30 hours, intermediate/advanced level
AFTERNOON MILONGA 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm
With Live music by our own SoCal Tango Band
Tango Movie Night
Series of Tango Movies: The Tango Lesson, by Sally Potter, 1997
Followed by discussion led by Fernanda Ghi
Intensive with Fernanda Ghi
INTENSIVE: Roles and dialogues in tango
Description: Understanding the dynamics between roles in tango is essential to maintaining balance and harmony in the couple. We will explore this concept in giros, progressing to sacadas and ganchos to reinforce the concept.
Two 2 hours workshops followed by a Practica
Advanced, limited 15 couples
REGISTRATION
$180 per couple
Or in waiting list single person to be matched with other Tangueros $100
At the door, we welcome too, $120
Milonga San Pugliese
Dance to celebrate two maestros:
Celebrate the birthday of Osvaldo Pugliese
Welcome Fernanda Ghi to Santa Barbara
DJ: Adrian Bray
Monday Practica - SPECIAL GUEST: DJ Kate TangoGalaxy
With special guest: Sara’s friend DJ Kate from San Francisco
Monday Practica - SPECIAL TOPIC: The Language of Thieves
Tango’s Got Talent: Ale to present on “The poetry of Tango”.
Unsupervised tango practica organized by your friendly neighborhood Tango Dancers.
Tangos and more...at Malbec in Pasadena
Are you searching for a delightful evening filled with exquisite Argentinean cuisine and captivating entertainment? Look no further than Malbec Argentinean Cuisine in Pasadena, the finest Argentinean restaurant in town! Join us for an unforgettable dining experience where we've prepared a mouthwatering menu of traditional dishes that will transport your taste buds to Argentina.
Fire & Earth Walking
Featuring: Tomas Galvan and Gimena Herrera. Fire & Earth Walking.Guest artist: Camila Lima (singer)
Full of beautiful moves; sharp and exact, the attack of heart-leading-body-to-move takes place. Non one word spoken, tons of passion and technique, Thomas and Gimena, from Argentina, tango their way into your hearts. (Brodwayworld.com)